Compare the new immersion program: By the end of kindergarten. Xavier and his classmates were speaking entire sentences in English and were ready to start reading in English. which is what they did this past year. At a time when we are struggling with a serious immigration question. this is indeed good news to hear that this program seems to be working. Heres the bad news: The McAllen School District is prohibited from using Federal bilingual education funds for this projectfunds which are supposedly intended to eliminate the language barrier between our society and those with limited or no Englishspeaking ability. One of the most prestigious reports last yearthat of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Forcerecommended that Federal funds now going to bilingual programs be used to teach nonEnglish speaking children how to speak. read. and write English.
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